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Even As Waters Rise, Congress and Obama Cut Funding For New Flood Maps

As the U.S. grows warmer and extreme weather more common, the federal government’s flood insurance maps are becoming increasingly important.

Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica
بواسطة Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica

As the United States grows warmer and extreme weather more common, the federal government’s flood insurance maps are becoming increasingly important. The maps, drawn by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, dictate the monthly premiums millions of American households pay for flood insurance. They are also designed to give homeowners and

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John McCain Sneaks Into Syria, Meets With Rebels

Republican Senator John McCain is the highest-ranking US official to visit Syria since its civil war began.

Talia Ralph
بواسطة Talia Ralph

John McCain, Republican Senator and former presidential candidate, secretly visited Syria on Monday, where he met with rebel leaders. McCain's visit makes him the highest-ranking US official to enter Syria since its bloody civil war broke out over two years ago, the Daily Beast reported. He crossed into Syria from Turkey with Gen. Salem

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Displaced Again: Palestinian Refugees Flee Syria War For Lebanon

For Palestinians leaving Syria, their displacement is compounding decades of statelessness.

Rebecca Collard
بواسطة Rebecca Collard

WAVEL REFUGEE CAMP, Lebanon — Musa Ali Talusi was just 10 years old when he left his home in the Palestinian village of Lubiyeh for Syria, in the war that led to Israel’s creation in 1948. Last year, he was 76 when he fled the war in Syria. “We heard a rocket hit the building,” Talusi said of his family’s home in the Yarmouk refugee camp, a

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A Controversial Court In Malaysia Is Attempting To Try Israel And The US For War Crimes

The Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal attempts to prosecute war crimes that the International Criminal Court in The Hague won’t.

Patrick Winn
بواسطة Patrick Winn

BANGKOK — When it debuted in 2002 to high praise, the International Criminal Court was seen by many as a dream realized. Dictators and war criminals, which left the 20th century so bloody, would finally fear a permanent tribunal with global reach. As the United Nations’ then-Secretary General Kofi Annan said following the court’s inauguration,

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EU Lifts Arms Embargo On Syrian Rebels, While Russia May Send Missiles To Syrian Gov’t

EU foreign ministers agreed to lift an arms embargo on Syria’s rebels, although none of its 27 member states intends to send weapons anytime soon.

Freya Petersen
بواسطة Freya Petersen

The European Union decided on Tuesday to allow an arms embargo on Syria's rebels to expire, although none of the 27 member states intends to send weapons to the opposition fighters any time soon. The decision to drop the embargo came after 12 hours of talks that exposed sharp differences between vocal advocates Britain and France and their more

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Colombian Government And FARC Rebels Reach Land Reform Agreement

“This agreement will be the start of a radical transformation of rural Colombia,” reads a joint statement.

Jill Langlois
بواسطة Jill Langlois

The government of Colombia and left-wing rebel group FARC reached a land reform agreement Sunday after more than six months of peace talks. "This agreement will be the start of a radical transformation of rural Colombia," reads a joint statement. The land reform agreement is the first of six points negotiators need to resolve to reach a peace

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